Help me! I have a sickness, and it's commonly known as excessive model building!
After building 5 P-40s, a Spitfire, and a B-52, one would think I'd take a breather but no, I'm going to embark upon my next two builds, a Tigercat and a Neptune.
So I'm starting the Tigercat tonight, and as I'm perusing the painting instructions (the new Italeri kit that is a rebox of the old ERTL kit sans rubber tires), I notice that certain areas such as the cockpit and the wheel well walls are to be painted green zinc chromate. Ok, no problem. Other areas, such as the gear doors, are to be painted chromate. Is that yellow zinc chromate?
The only references I see don't show these areas, and of the times I've managed to get an up-close look at a real Tigercat, these areas were dark sea blue matching that bird's exterior paint job. Problem is, I think that may be the way the museum painted it, not the way it would have appeared during the Korean War.